- Date
- April 7, 1968
- Place
- Utica, NY · UTICA, NY
- Injuries
- 23 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7815MFairchild FH-227
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110630
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0030 68/4/7 NR.UTICA,NY FAIRCHILD FH-227 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 2250 N7815M PX- 0 0 20 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - MOHAWK AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE UNDER INVESTIGATION REMARKS- STRUCK FULL GROWN GRAY GOOSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7815M
- Reported as
- Fairchild FH-227
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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